N¼nNp«³.sWäv {btSyN hpOfm\v. CsSm¶pfà AÑsâ sS_n F¶kÄ¡v A_n]mw. Fs´ms¡]m\v Aѳ tUgyw tN_n]m b_]p¶Sv F¶v b_]m³ bänÃ. hmVm^\ BÄ¡mÀ¡v tN«m A_¸v tSm¶p¶ A¯^w sS_nNÄ bs£ tUkpknWv i^fm]n^p¶p. In` sS_nNÄ tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX SpXp¯ bnaÀ¸nsâ DÅn H^pS^w sIm_n¨n AWpeks¸Xpw; At¸msjms¡ ASnWNw WW]pN]pw sI¿pw.
“”CWn]n¸w F´m W½av sI¿pN? NqtXm{Sw S¶ms\¶v Wn§¡v H_¸v Ht*m?’
“”FXn Wo H^pfmSn^n ftäXs¯ kÀ¯mWw bt_^pSv..bns¶´mXn Ct{Sw Nm\m³ sNmÅmkp¶ W½psX sNm¨nsW B^pw sN«m¯Sv? Mm³ Nãs¸«v hz^p¡q«n k¨n^n¡p¶ Nmlpw hzÀ®kpw NqXmsS Wà l^ot^mw shuµt^ymw AkÄ¡v H*m]n«pw F´m WX¡m¯Sv..tR..’
ASp tN« tUkpknsâ fpOw SpXp¯p. Sm³ hpµ^n]m\v F¶kÄ¡v hz]w A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. bs£ ASv fäms^¦n`pw b_ªp tNÄ¡p¶Sv H^p {btSyN hpOfm\v; AÑsâ km]n Wn¶pSs¶ ASptN«t¸mÄ AkapsX fpOw Wm\w sNm*v SpXp¯p.
“”Rm ASv tW^m..F¶m`pw’ Io^p eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n.
“”Ft´m¶v F¶m`pw?’
“”CWow CkÄsX KmSN¯nsâ kà sNmjt¸mw Bt\m¶v BÀ¡_n]mw’
“”St´w StÅw B^m¶_n]m¯ AkÄsX KmSNw W¼¡v H*m¡n FXp¡m³ bäptkm..CSv KmStNmw sNmtSmw H¶pfÃ..B b¶¡jptk_n tfm³ GSm*v fp«³ NqtXm{Sw sI]vSv kt¨¡p¶ sNm*m..’ A¡m^y¯n tNlkWv hwl]w D*m]n^p¶nÃ. Io^p Bt`mIWt]msX l^n]m\v F¶ AÀ°¯n S`]m«n.
N`ym\w Njnªp b¯p sNmÃ§Ä Njnªn«pw Np«nNÄ D*mNmsS k¶tSmsX]m\v F«pk]hpNm^n tUkpknsW AkÀ FXp¯v kaÀ¯n]Sv. AÑWpw A½]pw Dtb£n¨ptbm] AkÄ tNlksâ dÔ¯n sb« H^p ko«n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sI_n] {bm]¯n¯s¶ Wà kaÀ¨ D*m]n^p¶ tUkpknsW AknXps¯ ko«pNm^³ fXn]n`n^p¯n hpOn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv A_nª A]mapsX em^y]m\v tNlktWmXv Aksa sNm*ptbm]n kaÀ¯m³ b_ªSv. A§sW f¡anÃm¯ AkÀ ^*ptb^pw tUkpknsW ko«nt`¡v sNm*pk^nN]m]n^p¶p. tUkpknWv W¶m]n A_n]mfm]n^p¶p tNlkWpw Io^pkpw AkapsX hz´w AÑtWm A½t]m AsöpÅ hSyw. Wà Bt^mPykpw fmUNSzkpw D*m]n^p¶ tUkpknWv AhmfmWy l^o^ kaÀ¨]m]n^p¶p. tNlkWpw Io^pkpw Aksa hz´w fNsat¸ms` Ss¶]m\v N*n^p¶Spw. bs£ tUkp {bm]w A_nªtSmsX bSns] Nmfmhàn¡v AXns¸«p SpX§n]Sv AkÀ A_nªnÃ. AfnS kaÀ¨]pw B^pw tfmin¡p¶ huµ^ykpw Nm^\w Aksa F{S]pw tkPw sN«n¨pknXm³ ^*ptb^pw {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¶pfm{Sw.
“”CWn]n¸w N¼nNp«³.sWäv